Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemingwayan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hem-ing-wayan
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.

Example Sentences

"We each had a bedroom, and there was a kitchenette with food in the icebox, and a huge living room where Major sat in his silk dressing gown composing his latest Hemingwayan short story[…]"

Etymology

From Hemingway + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Hemingway

Inflected Forms

more Hemingwayan (comparative) most Hemingwayan (superlative)

Questions

What does hemingwayan mean?: Of or pertaining to Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
Where does hemingwayan come from?: From Hemingway + -an.

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